Unreasoned Medical Opinion Does Not Rebut Disability-Pension Presumption
A Division Bench of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court upheld the Armed Forces Tribunal’s award of disability pension with rounding-off benefits to...
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Special Pension Upheld After Condonation Of A 76-Day Service Deficiency
A Division Bench of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court upheld special pension for a soldier discharged as surplus before completing ten years’...
Later Recruitment Rules Cannot Defeat An Earlier Accrued Promotion Claim
A Division Bench of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court upheld substantive promotion and consequential benefits for a municipal employee repeatedly directed to...
SPOs: stigmatic disengagement requires notice and hearing
Four Special Police Officers challenged disengagement following an alleged unauthorised exchange of weapons, accidental firing and fabrication of a militancy incident.
Saba Wani Does Not Create ReT Appointment Rights Outside Prepared Select Panels
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court dismissed a longstanding challenge to a ReT panel after applying the Supreme Court’s Saba Wani directions.
Compassionate-Allowance Rejection Sent For Conditional Reconsideration
A dismissed employee challenged rejection of compassionate allowance under Rule 41 of the CCS Pension Rules, contending that dismissal alone could not answer the claim.
Name-Change Circular Provides Guidance For High Court Employee’s Administrative Request
A Division Bench of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court directed the Registrar General to decide an employee’s request to change his name...
Armed-Forces Pension Claim Transferred To The Competent Tribunal
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court transferred a writ petition seeking pension and other post-retirement benefits to the Armed Forces Tribunal, Srinagar Bench...
Higher Merit Supports Preferred Posting, While Transfer Representation Remains Open
A Division Bench of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court declined to interfere with rejection of a challenge to another ALC-category candidate’s appointment...
Civilian Militancy-Victim Scheme’s Family-Income Ceiling Sustained On Admitted Facts
The Division Bench dismissed a claim under the 1994 compassionate-appointment rules following the petitioner’s mother’s death in militancy-related violence.